| Demont Mitchell | |
| Fullname: | Demont Mitchell |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Position: | Midfielder or Striker |
| Youthyears1: | 2000 |
| Youthclubs1: | Richmond Kickers |
| Youthyears2: | 2005 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bears FC |
| Years1: | 2006–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Hofstra Pride |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Nationalteam1: | Bahamas U20[1] |
| Nationalteam2: | Bahamas U23[2] |
| Nationalyears3: | 2008–2011 |
| Nationalteam3: | Bahamas |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 8 December 2008 |
| Ntupdate: | 23 March 2021 |
Demont Mitchell (born 24 October 1988) is a retired association football player from The Bahamas who had his career cut short by injuries suffered in a car accident.
He has dual American-Bahamian citizenship.
As a child, Mitchell had trials with Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English football league. He played for Bears FC in the Bahamas before joining the Hofstra University in 2006.[3]
Mitchell made his debut for the senior Bahamas in a March 2008 World Cup qualification match against the British Virgin Islands and has earned a total of six caps, scoring 1 goal, all of them in World Cup qualification games.
His final international was in July 2011 against the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Mitchell suffered a serious brain injury in a car accident in the Bahamas in October 2012 which left him in a coma for three weeks.[4] A foundation dedicated to spread brain injury awareness was named after him in 2014.[5] Also, a soccer tournament was staged in June 2015 to help in covering his medical expenses.[6]